News From China

(From "Preachables" by heart4china@pobox.com)

CHINA. The young Chinese man discovered a gift on his doorstep one morning last December. He didn’t really know what Christmas was about, but he knew about the tradition of Christmas gift giving. “Who would give me a Christmas gift?” he wondered. The first item that he pulled from the gift bag was a Jesus film. He looked at the picture on the cover and he read the name “Jesus”. “This says Jesus,” he said. “Jesus gave me a Christmas gift," he reasoned. "It’s a miracle.” He watched the movie, he read the items that were in the packet, and he accepted Christ. It was indeed a miracle.

CHINA. A strategist seeking to reach a megacity for Christ was telling a Chinese lady about the meaning of Christmas last year when she said, “Did you know that I am a communist?” He replied that he didn't know, and she added that her husband was a highly placed party official. The Christian was about to become alarmed about sharing the gospel so openly when the lady stated that a Christian family member had shared the gospel with her previously and since then, she had been praying that God would give her a sign that He was willing to accept her as His child. When the conversation turned to Christmas, she knew that God had answered her prayer. She prayed on the spot to receive Christ into her heart.

CHINA. As they shared Christ with two Chinese students visiting in their home one evening shortly before Christmas last year, the Christian workers unthinkingly mentioned that they had hoped to use a brightly lit Christmas tree to illustrate that Jesus is the light of the world, but had been unable to find one. The students listened with interest, and left late that night, agreeing to meet them the next day. On the next day, the students arrived carrying a Christmas tree so tall that it towered over them. They had brought lights and other decorations as well. The hosts were deeply humbled to realize that the students had probably spent most of their monthly allowance on the tree and trimmings. That evening they all decorated the tree together. On Christmas Day the two students accepted Christ